Unfortunately these photos where on the internet for sale individually , and were removed from their album so it is tough to know if these
photos are related or of the same unit.. But just wonderful rich photos..

heck I can only seem to load one at a time. This one had a date of June 1942 on the back..
Now I my be judgemental here but this does not hit me as a Front line unit.. Do not know if those are
3 shot or 5 shot Berthiers..

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Lots of conscripts from different countries were armed with French weapons like these. That and some clerks, mechanics, laborers or any other second line units got these rifles. Some German navy units had French rifles too.

The thing that always got me was the resupply of this French ammo to those german units, The Germans captured like 60 days of combat ammo for the guns. But from everything I have read, when the ammo was gone, there was no allowance to make more.. And the Germans figured those units would be destroyed before they ran out of ammo.. Cynical but I guess it is somewhat true..

The thing that always got me was the resupply of this French ammo to those german units, The Germans captured like 60 days of combat ammo for the guns. But from everything I have read, when the ammo was gone, there was no allowance to make more.. And the Germans figured those units would be destroyed before they ran out of ammo.. Cynical but I guess it is somewhat true..

Several French ammunition factories under Nazi control (Tarbes, Toulouse, Le Mans….) made 8x50R (1932N) with head stamps dated 4/43 to 2/44.